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The Employment Development Department (EDD) uses a wide range of services to countless Californians under Unemployment Insurance (UI), State Disability Insurance (SDI), labor force financial investment (Jobs and Training), and Labor Market Information programs. As the state's largest taxation company, the EDD also deals with the audit and collection of payroll taxes and maintains employment records for more than 17 million California workers.

Among the biggest state departments, the EDD has employees located at numerous service areas throughout California who supply lots of essential services to millions each year, including:

- Assisting employers with their labor requirements.

Helping task applicants obtain employment.
Administering the federally-funded workforce financial investment programs for adults, dislocated workers, and youth.
Assisting disadvantaged recipients in ending up being self-sufficient.
Helping jobless and handicapped employees through the administration of the UI and SDI programs.
Supporting state activities and benefit programs by collecting and administering employment-related taxes (UI, SDI, Employment Training Tax, and Personal Income Tax withholding).

EDD Branches

Administration Branch Directorate Office Equal Employment Opportunity Office Legal Office

Administration Branch

The Administration Branch offers administrative support to the Department consisting of service operations preparing and assistance services, personnel services for EDD workers, and accounting for the Department's annual budget plan.

Directorate Office

The Director's Office manages the direction of the Department to make sure that programs and services follow the Department's mission and goals. In addition, the Director's Office consists of:

Equal Employment Opportunity Office: Investigates and resolves discrimination complaints filed versus the Department by staff members, companies, and applicants for work and training, and offers expert services on all elements of equal work chance. Legal Office: Provides legal guidance and assistance to the Director employment and Department management in connection with court cases, administrative hearings, agreements, legislation, and policy.

Disability Insurance Branch

For 60 years, the EDD had administered the SDI program, which provides partial wage replacement for California employees who are not able to work due to health problem, injury, or pregnancy. Each year, the EDD pays out more than $4.2 billion in Disability Insurance (DI) advantages and receives and more than 927,000 claims. The DI Branch also administers the Paid Family Leave program and DI Elective Coverage program for self-employed individuals. Employers also have the alternative of electing an alternative Voluntary Plan.

Infotech Branch

The Infotech Branch is accountable for preparing policy advancement, system maintenance, support, operations, and oversight of automated options within the Department. The Branch supplies information processing technical support and services for one of the largest details technology environments in state federal government.

Policy, Accountability, and Compliance Branch

This branch offers crucial audit, examination, study, assessment, and review services to the programs administered by the EDD and partnering firms. These services help programs run effectively and effectively, meet federal and state statutory and regulatory requirements, and safeguard billions of dollars in monetary properties that travel through the EDD every year. Also functions as the EDD's primary intermediary with state and federal chosen officials and offers details, analyses, and policy guidance on legislative matters to the Labor and Workforce Development Agency, the Governor's Office, and other governmental entities.

Public Affairs Branch

The Public Affairs Branch is made up of Marketing and Constituent Services, Communications, and the Web Content and Usability Group. The Public Affairs Branch offers outreach, marketing, interactions, training that supports EDD programs and services, and handles the EDD site and social media pages.

Tax Branch

One of the biggest tax collection agencies in the country, the Tax Branch deals with all administrative, education, customer service, and enforcement functions for the audit and collection of UI, DI, Employment Training Tax, and Personal Income Tax (PIT) withholding. Each year, the EDD collects nearly $54 billion in payroll taxes, including more than $42 billion in PIT, processes more than 27 million company payroll tax files and remittances, and maintains records for more than 16 million employees. The Branch uses a variety of payroll tax seminars and workshops, and supplies individually services to companies to assist them satisfy their tax commitments.

Find out more information about EDD's Payroll Taxes.

Unemployment Insurance Branch

Established more than 60 years earlier, the Unemployment Insurance (UI) program provides benefits to people who have lost their jobs through no fault of their own, are actively looking for work, are able to work, and are prepared to accept work. Each year, the EDD pays nearly $6 billion UI advantages and gets and processes more than 2 million brand-new claims. The program is moneyed by mandated employer contributions. Additional services supplied under the UI program include Work Sharing, Disaster Unemployment Assistance, and Trade Adjustment Assistance.

Workforce Services Branch

The Workforce Services Branch (WSB) runs one of the biggest public work services operations worldwide using services at hundreds of service locations statewide and linking one million job hunters with companies each year.

California gets federal Wagner-Peyser funds for employment services. Job applicant services consist of task referral, job search workshops, positioning services, and special help to individuals who are experiencing difficulty in finding work.

Services to companies include matching job openings with certified candidates and specialized recruitment campaigns. The Workforce Services Branch likewise uses CalJOBSSM, an online labor exchange system with countless task openings and the largest pool of task hunters in California.

The WSB also administers several statewide labor force preparation programs and initiatives that concentrate on preparing adults and youth for the workforce and building the state's economy. California distributes more than $394 million yearly in federal funds to supply training services for grownups, dislocated workers, and youth through the America's Job Center of CaliforniaSM(AJCC), previously known as One-Stop Career Centers. The AJCC system is a partnership of regional, employment state, private, and public entities that offer extensive and ingenious work services and employment resources to satisfy the needs of the California labor force.